How in the World did it get there?—A joyous Ride.—Hark! Hark! The Dogs-do bark! Beggars come to Town; some in Rags, some in Tags, and some in a tattered Gown!—A pleasant Meditation on a classic Past very rudely, unexpectedly, tad even savagely interrupted, and likely to terminate in a Tragedy!—Perilous Position of David and Clive.
CHAPTER III.
Out into the Country.—The Drive.—The glorious Land.—Sorrento and eternal Summer.—The Cave of Polyphemus.—The Cathedral—The mysterious Image.—What is it?—David Relic-hunting.—A Catastrophe.—Chased by a Virago.—The Town roused.—Besieged.—A desperate Onset—Flight—Last of the Virago.
CHAPTER IV.
Salerno and the sulky Driver.—Paestum and its Temples.—A great Sensation.—An unpleasant Predicament—Is the Driver a Traitor?—Is he in League—with Bandits?—Arguments about the Situation, and what each thought about it.
CHAPTER V.
They discuss the Situation.—They prepare to foot it—A toilsome
Walk, and a happy Discovery.—The Language of Signs once more.—The
Mountain Cavalcade.—Bob's Ambition.—Its results.—Bob
vanishes.—Consternation of the Donkey Boy.—Consternation of the
Cavalcade.—"E Perduto!".
CHAPTER VI.
Flight of Both—Difference between a tame Donkey and a wild
Ass.—Carried off to the Mountains.—The headlong Course.—The
Mountain Pass.—The Journey's End.—Ill-omened Place.—Confounded
by a new Terror.—The Brigands.